Yahweh ben Yahweh
| Yahweh ben Yahweh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Hulon Mitchell, Jr. October 27, 1935 Kingfisher, Oklahoma United States |
| Died | May 7, 2007 (aged 71) Miami, Florida United States |
| Occupation | Leader of Nation of Yahweh |
| Children | Sincere Israel |
Yahweh ben Yahweh was the adopted name of Hulon Mitchell, Jr. (October 27, 1935 – May 7, 2007), founder and leader of the Nation of Yahweh, a black supremacist new religious movement founded in 1979. Born into a family affiliated with the Antioch Church of God in Christ in Enid, Oklahoma, his father, Reverend Dr. Hulon Mitchell Sr. was the minister and his mother, Dr. Pearl Mitchell was the pianist. Neither of the Mitchell's doctorates was academic.
In 1991, Mitchell was convicted of conspiring to murder white people as an initiation rite to his cult, as well as former members who disagreed with him, in one case by decapitation. He was released on parole in 2001 on the condition of not reconnecting with his old congregation. He died of prostate cancer in 2007.
The Nation of Yahweh set up its headquarters in Liberty City, Florida in 1979. Mitchell emphasized that God and all the prophets of the Bible were black and blacks would gain the knowledge of their true history through him. He also emphasized whites and particularly Jews as infidels and oppressors. Lastly, he emphasized loyalty to himself as the son of God, Yahweh.
At the time, his business and charity efforts earned him respect in the community. The mayor of Miami, Florida Xavier Suárez declared "Yahweh ben Yahweh Day" on October 7, 1990, a month before his indictment for alleged crimes.
Although his followers remained devoted to him, by the 1990s, he was in trouble with the law. From 1990 until his release on September 26, 2001, he served 11 years of an 18-year sentence on a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conviction after he and several other Nation of Yahweh members were convicted of conspiracy in more than a dozen murders. Robert Rozier, former NFL player and devotee of Mitchell, confessed to seven murders.
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